#6349: New Message Alert
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Reporter: dpedtke | Type: enhancement
Status: new | Priority: minor
Component: pidgin (gtk) | Version: 2.4.3
Keywords: | Pending: 0
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Pidgin (Windows XP) does not do enough to alert me to new messages, like
GAIM used to. It needs to either keep flashing in the system bar, or
bring the window to the front and flash the tab. Sounds don't help, I
can't use any sound at work, and I walk away a lot, I need to see that a
message has come right when I walk up to my PC. I keep encouraging people
to use IM, then I am not responsive since I don't see a new message.
Others complain to me about this also, I can't be the only one asking for
this.
I see another ticket that says just the opposite, he doesn't want the
window to come to the front. How is he getting it to do that, that's what
I want. And also this makes clear it should be a preference setting.
There are surprisingly few preferences on this application, it's really
not very flexible.
Other stuff- GetInfo never gets me the info I expect, I'm always surprised
by what comes up; it's hard to edit a user name, there is confusion
between user name, buddy, alias, account, etc, I don't now which one is
their AIM name and which one is something I assign. Of course you can
figure it out eventually, but maybe it should be Account Name and Local
Name or something like that. I'd also like the mouse-over pop-up to stop,
it gets stuck up when I run the mouse over the ap window by accident,
another preference setting?
I don't know how to ask questions about Pidgin, there is no obvious way to
do that, should almost be an item in the application window under help.
There's nothing about any of these issues in the FAQ or help topics. I
wish there were a forum where I could ask the above and someone would just
say "sorry, no way to do that" or "download this plug-in" or "add that to
the wish list here".
Thanks-
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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6349>
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